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Saturday, January 14, 2017

Planned Parenthood finds support among a wide array of companies

Abortion
is a legal, constitutionally-protected and necessary component of women’s
healthcare and despite the fact that federal law prohibits any federal funding
for abortion, Republican lawmakers are – once again – on the warpath and
attempting to defund Planned Parenthood.

The last big
push came in the wake of the release of a series of edited, undercover videos
revealing conversations with PP officials discussing the sale ofaborted fetal tissue.

The activists, David R. Daleiden, 27, and Sandra S.
Merritt, 63, were indicted in January [2016] by a grand jury here in Harris
County on charges of tampering with government records for using fake
identification and offering to buy fetal tissue at a meeting at which Planned
Parenthood officials explained how they provided the tissue to medical
researchers. Their video, one of several widely circulated on the internet,said Planned Parenthood was guiltyofselling fetal remains, accusations
Planned Parenthood has denied.

The charges were
dropped last July, not on the merits of the case – but rather due to a
technical issue regarding a “potential legal issue with the grand jury’s term,
which had been extended during the investigation” according toThe New York Timesreport.

Last August theNew England Journal of Medicine(NEJM) further shook up the
controversy when they effectively debunked those edited videos in a series of
articles.

These pieces are
further proof of what we already know:Objective media
voices, doctors, medical experts—
and above all, the millions of patients who have received compassionate,
high-quality care at Planned Parenthood health centers — are standing with
Planned Parenthood. We have protected women’s health for generations, andwe’re not going to stop, no matter what.

Fast-forwarding
to this week,Speaker Paul Ryan announcedthat upcoming legislation to
repeal the health care law would cut off taxpayer money to Planned Parenthood.

With that in
mind, here is a list of company who donate to Planned Parenthood to keep in
mind as their federal funding is – once again – at risk of being cancelled.

EDITOR’S
NOTE: For their support of Planned Parenthood, I commend these companies.
However, that doesn’t cancel out their transgressions in other matters, such as
recently revealed Wells Fargo’s widespread consumer fraud. The fact that
companies often simultaneously offend and act in praise-worthy ways makes it
hard for people of conscience to either boycott or support many companies. Ben
& Jerry’s Ice Cream might be the exception.
– W. Collette

Thought for the day

Nothing funny about tired Saturday Night Live on Fake News NBC! Question is, how do the Networks get away with these total Republican hit jobs without retribution? Likewise for many other shows? Very unfair and should be looked into. This is the real Collusion!

Individual One’s tweet at 4:52 AM - 17 Feb 2019 after a long, hard day of playing golf at Mar-A-Lago on Day Two of our “national emergency.”

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